be onto somebody

informal

a) (also get onto somebody especially British EnglishBrE) to speak to someone in order to tell them or ask them something 告诉某人；向某人询问

A number of people have been onto me complaining about the noise.

一些人不断地向我抱怨噪声的事。

Get onto the Press Office and find out what’s happening.

去新闻办公室问问发生了什么事。

b) to know that a particular person did something wrong or committed a crime 发现某人做了错事，发现某人犯了罪

The police are onto him.

警察盯上他了。

Examples from the Corpus

be onto somebody• He's scared. He knows we're onto him.

→ be onto somebody at onto(1)

词汇	be onto somebody
释义	be onto somebody be onto somebody informal a) (also get onto somebody especially British EnglishBrE) to speak to someone in order to tell them or ask them something 告诉某人；向某人询问 A number of people have been onto me complaining about the noise. 一些人不断地向我抱怨噪声的事。 Get onto the Press Office and find out what’s happening. 去新闻办公室问问发生了什么事。 b) to know that a particular person did something wrong or committed a crime 发现某人做了错事，发现某人犯了罪 The police are onto him. 警察盯上他了。 Examples from the Corpus be onto somebody• He's scared. He knows we're onto him. → be onto somebody at onto(1)
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